Human Growth & Future Talent
Examining the lifelong journey from growth and choice to human potential in an age of artificial intelligence and global change.
RESEARCH · EDUCATION · DEVELOPMENT
Shaping Human Potential.
Connecting Generations.
The Global YuanYao Family Legacy & Human Development Institute (Hong Kong) advances research and practice in youth development, future talent and family legacy.
HONG KONG · GLOBAL PERSPECTIVEHuman development across generations
Beyond AI Skills: Global YuanYao Institute Unveils New Research on Future Talent
New research launched in Xi’an examines how AI is reshaping human capability and why future talent development must connect global competence with culture, place and real-world industry.
Read the full story →01 · OUR CENTRAL INQUIRY
We study how people grow—and how one generation passes what truly matters to the next.
Family legacy goes beyond the transfer of wealth and resources. It includes the intergenerational transmission of values, education, capabilities, culture and social responsibility; human development concerns the whole journey from growth and choice to the realisation of potential.
About the Institute →02 · RESEARCH AREAS
Questions that matter
across a lifetime.
Researching the forces that shape development, choice and intergenerational connection.
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Family Legacy & Next-Generation Development
Exploring how values, education, capabilities, culture and social responsibility can be passed meaningfully to the next generation.
Education, Culture & Practice
Connecting educational innovation, career development, family systems and real-world practice across different cultural contexts.
03 · FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE
2035GLOBAL FUTURE TALENTGLOBAL FUTURE TALENT 2035
Understanding the capabilities that will shape tomorrow.
A long-term research and practice initiative examining how AI, future industries and social change are transforming learning, work and human capability.
- 01 AI-era capability frameworks
- 02 Youth career futures and transitions
- 03 Education-to-work pathways
- 04 Family resources and development
04 · FOUNDING LEADERSHIP & ACADEMIC ADVISORY
Leadership in practice.
Guidance with global perspective.
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Echo Wang-Nan
Institute founder and executive lead connecting youth development, future talent, career education and international collaboration.
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CHIEF ACADEMIC ADVISOR
Professor Richard Li-Hua
Originator of the Theory of Chinese Harmonious-Progressive Innovation and a leading scholar of innovation management and global higher education.
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ACADEMIC ADVISOR
Professor Lu Yang
Professor of Management and doctoral supervisor with 28 years of leadership experience across global higher education.
Full Profile ↗05 · RESEARCH & COLLABORATION NETWORK
Ideas travel further
through partnership.
Universities & Research Institutions
Schools & Education Organisations
Industry & Technology Partners
Families, Foundations & Communities
06 · IMPACT & OUTCOMES
From research
to meaningful practice.
FOUNDING TEAM EXPERIENCE
07 · GLOBAL DIALOGUE
Global Youth Innovation
& Human Development Forum
An evolving platform for researchers, educators, young people and institutions to examine the forces shaping human development and the future of work.
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YuanYao Future
Future Talent Development & Career Education
Translating research on human development and future talent into assessment, coaching, learning pathways and real-world practice for students and families.
YUANYAO ECOSYSTEMTALENT DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE BRANDVisit YuanYao Future ↗
08 · CONNECT
Research grows
through dialogue.
We welcome conversations with universities, research organisations, schools, enterprises, families and foundations.
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